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Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Job 5:19

In 11 translations

BSB
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
KJV
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
WEB
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
ASV
He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
LSV
In six distresses He delivers you, || And in seven evil does not strike on you.
YLT
In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
DBY
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
DRC
In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
GNV
He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
JPS
He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
LXXE
Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע׃
LXX-Br
Ἑξάκις ἐξ ἀναγκῶν σε ἐξελεῖται, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ οὐ μὴ ἅψηταί σου κακόν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand…
  • Psalms 91:3–10Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague. He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. You will not…
  • Proverbs 24:16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
  • 2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:8We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

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